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Eugene T. Maleska
Eugene T. Maleska

New York Times, Friday, October 2, 1992

Author:
Eugene T. Maleska
Editor:
Eugene T. Maleska
Rows: 15, Columns: 15, Words: 74, Blocks: 36, Avg Word Len: 5.11, Missing: { K Q V X Z }, Scrabble score: 284 (avg 1.50)
Open Squares: 79, Cheaters: 3, FITB: 9, XRef: 0, Words that never appeared in a previous NYT crossword: 6, Grid flow: 27.9
Eugene T. Maleska has 411 known pre-Shortz puzzles in our database.
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© 1992, The New York TimesNo. 15,669
Across
1
Famed spy : HARI
5
Pairs : DUADS
10
Awkward try : STAB
14
A Desert Shield supporter : OMAN
15
Bert's "Sesame Street" pal : ERNIE
16
London subway : TUBE
17
Carroll's feathered menace : JUBJUBBIRD
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Actress Raines : ELLA
20
Javanese or Korean : ORIENTAL
21
Mirrored : IMAGED
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Grafter's item : CION
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Happy people : SMILERS
25
Head of some schools : RECTOR
28
Inferior: Slang : CHEESY
29
Williams team : EPHS
30
Small songbirds : WRENS
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"___it a vision ... ": Keats : WAS
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Concern of Sec. J. Farley : GPO
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Cookie pan : SHEET
36
Kind of strike applauded by mine owners : ORE
37
Dick Deadeye, e.g. : TAR
38
Conn : STEER
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Tops : AONE
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"___ a Small Hotel" : THERES
42
Lewis Lawes was one : WARDEN
44
North Star : POLARIS
46
Glut : SATE
47
Vestigial vendor : ICEMAN
48
Ferber's "___ Trunk" : SARATOGA
52
Terhune's "___ Dog" : LADA
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Moving along like the Jabberwock's slayer : GALUMPHING
55
Dismounted : ALIT
56
Beau monde : ELITE
57
Cupid's wings : ALAE
58
Temple : FANE
59
Allonge : RIDER
60
Atl. crossers : SSTS
Down
1
Nickname of a 1989 All-Star Met : HOJO
2
Long Asian river : AMUR
3
Nobelist in Physics: 1944 : RABI
4
Gives a shot to : INJECTS
5
He has chits out : DEBTOR
6
Kind of sprawl : URBAN
7
Blue dye : ANIL
8
R. Howard, e.g. : DIR
9
Dregs : SEDIMENT
10
Purloins : STEALS
11
The Jabberwock "came whiffling through" this : TULGEYWOOD
12
More qualified : ABLER
13
Wampum : BEADS
18
Freshwater mussel : UNIO
22
Architect ___ van der Rohe : MIES
24
Diaphanous : SHEER
25
Col.'s command : REGT
26
Baseball Hall of Famer Rixey : EPPA
27
"He ___ his joy": Carroll : CHORTLEDIN
28
Canadian Indians : CREES
30
Cries on roller coasters : WHEES
32
"Judith" composer : ARNE
33
Observed : SEEN
35
Part-time newspaper correspondent : STRINGER
38
Loren's evening : SERA
39
Singer Franklin and namesakes : ARETHAS
41
Hook-shaped : HAMATE
42
Weather forecast : WARMER
43
"___ at the pane ... ": Browning : ATAP
44
Rice dish : PILAF
45
City in Fla. : OCALA
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Fry lightly : SAUTE
48
Glissaded : SLID
49
Hopper medium : OILS
50
Midge : GNAT
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"Rock of ___" : AGES
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Fath ___, former Shah : ALI

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 6 appeared only in pre-Shortz puzzles.

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